• Faba Bean Cultivation – Revealing Novel Managing Practices for More Sustainable and Competitive European Cropping Systems 

      Karkanis, Anestis; Ntatsi, Georgia; Lepse, Liga; Fernández, Juan A.; Vågen, Ingunn Molund; Rewald, Boris; Alsina, Ina; Kronberga, Arta; Balliu, Astrit; Olle, Margit; Bodner, Gernot; Dubova, Laila; Rosa, Eduardo; Savvas, Dimitrios (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-02)
      Faba beans are highly nutritious because of their high protein content: they are a good source of mineral nutrients, vitamins, and numerous bioactive compounds. Equally important is the contribution of faba bean in maintaining ...
    • Factors affecting exit intentions in Norwegian sheep farms 

      Flaten, Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-05)
      Western livestock sectors have shifted towards fewer, larger farms, causing concerns about the appearance of the countryside, ecosystem services, and rural depopulation. This study empirically estimates factors likely to ...
    • Faecal pollution affects abundance and diversity of aquatic microbial community in anthropo-zoogenically influenced lotic ecosystems 

      Paruch, Lisa; Paruch, Adam; Eiken, Hans Geir; Sørheim, Roald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-19)
      The aquatic microbiota is known to be an important factor in the sustainability of the natural water ecosystems. However, the microbial community also might include pathogens, which result in very serious waterborne diseases ...
    • Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19 

      Helfenstein, Julian; Bürgi, Matthias; Debonne, Niels; Dimopoulos, Thymios; Diogo, Vasco; Dramstad, Wenche; Edlinger, Anna; Garcia-Martin, Maria; Hernik, Józef; Kizos, Thanasis; Lausch, Angela; Levers, Christian; Mohr, Franziska; Moreno, Gerardo; Pazur, Robert; Siegrist, Michael; Swart, Rebecca; Thenail, Claudine; Verburg, Peter H.; Williams, Tim G; Zarina, Anita; Herzog, Felix (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-23)
      It has been shown that the COVID-19 pandemic affected some agricultural systems more than others, and even within geographic regions, not all farms were affected to the same extent. To build resilience of agricultural ...
    • Farmers’ Knowledge and Farm-Level Management Practices of Coconut Pests in Ghana: Assessment Based on Gender Differences 

      Tettey, Elizabeth; Aidoo, Owusu Fordjour; Arhin, Linda; Guimapi, Ritter A.; Ablormeti, Fred Kormla; Dampare, Frank; Ampadu-Ameyaw, Richard; Cobbah, Jeffet Ekow; Afram, Yayra; Kwarteng, Frank; Yankey, Ndede (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07-08)
      Coconut production is significantly constrained by a wide variety of pests. Anecdotal evidence also suggests that management of these pests is influenced by gender differences. Therefore, there was a need to assess farmers' ...
    • The fate of land evaporation – a global dataset 

      Link, Andreas; van der Ent, Ruud; Berger, Markus; Eisner, Stephanie; Finkbeiner, Matthias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08-27)
      Various studies investigated the fate of evaporation and the origin of precipitation. The more recent studies among them were often carried out with the help of numerical moisture tracking. Many research questions could ...
    • Fatty acid composition,fat-soluble vitamin concentrations and oxidative stability in bovine milk produced on two pastures with different botanical composition 

      Adler, Steffen Andreas; Dahl, Annette Veberg; Jensen, Søren Krogh; Thuen, Erling; Gustavsson, Anne-Maj; Steinshamn, Håvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-06)
      Previous research has shown that grazing pastures compared to feeding preserved forages has large impact on milk fatty acid (FA) composition, but differences between grazing red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) or white ...
    • Fear of pesticide residues and preference for domestically produced strawberries 

      Milford, Anna Birgitte; Trandem, Nina; Pires, Armando (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01-12)
      Due to an EU directive making integrated pest management (IPM) mandatory, European farmers are expected to reduce their use of chemical pesticides, which may potentially increase production costs and risk of harvest loss. ...
    • Fecundity Allocation in Some European Weed Species Competing with Crops 

      Bitarafan, Zahra; Andreasen, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-16)
      Seed production is an important element of weed population dynamics, and weed persistence relies upon the soil seed bank. In 2017 and 2018, we studied the relationship between the aboveground dry biomass of common weed ...
    • Feeding and management of horses with and without free faecal liquid: A case–control study 

      Lindroth, Katrin M.; Lindberg, Jan-Erik; Johansen, Astrid; Müller, Cecilia E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-30)
      Simple Summary: Horses with free faecal liquid defecate in one solid and one liquid phase, and the liquid phase can be a concern for the horse owner and veterinarians. The causes of free faecal liquid are unknown, but ...
    • Feeding frequency influences process performance and microbial community composition in anaerobic digesters treating steam exploded food waste 

      Svensson, Kine; Paruch, Lisa; Gaby, John Christian; Linjordet, Roar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-25)
      In anaerobic digestion, studies of feeding frequency have produced conflicting results. Hence, the effect of feeding frequency on process variables and microbial community structure was investigated by comparing a ...
    • Fertilization of Norway spruce forest with wood ash and nitrogen affected both tree growth and composition of chemical defence 

      Hanssen, Kjersti Holt; Asplund, Johan; Clarke, Nicholas; Selmer, Ruben; Nybakken, Line (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10-05)
      We fertilized a Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stand on rich mineral soil with 3 t ha−1 of wood ash (ASH), 150 kg ha−1 of nitrogen (N) or a combination of wood ash and nitrogen (ASH + N), in addition to unfertilized ...
    • Field screening of waterlogging tolerance in spring wheat and spring barley 

      Sundgren, Tove; Uhlen, Anne Kjersti; Waalen, Wendy; Lillemo, Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-29)
      Improved waterlogging tolerance of wheat and barley varieties may alleviate yield constraints caused by heavy or long-lasting precipitation. The waterlogging tolerance of 181 wheat and 210 barley genotypes was investigated ...
    • Fine-grain beta diversity of Palaearctic grassland vegetation 

      Dembicz, Iwona; Dengler, Jürgen; Steinbauer, Manuel J.; Matthews, Thomas J.; Bartha, Sándor; Burrascano, Sabina; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Filibeck, Goffredo; Gillet, François; Janišová, Monika; Palpurina, Salza; Storch, David; Ulrich, Werner; Aćić, Svetlana; Boch, Steffen; Campos, Juan Antonio; Cancellieri, Laura; Carboni, Marta; Ciaschetti, Giampiero; Conradi, Timo; De Frenne, Pieter; Dolezal, Jiri; Dolnik, Christian; Essl, Franz; Fantinato, Edy; García-Mijangos, Itziar; del Galdo, Gian Pietro Giusso; Grytnes, John Arvid; Guarino, Riccardo; Güler, Behlul; Kapfer, Jutta; Klichowska, Ewelina; Kozub, Łukasz; Kuzemko, Anna; Löbel, Swantje; Manthey, Michael; Marcenó, Corrado; Mimet, Anne; Naqinezhad, Alireza; Noroozi, Jalil; Nowak, Arkadiusz; Pauli, Harald; Peet, Robert K.; Pellissier, Vincent; Pielech, Remigiusz; Terzi, Massimo; Uğurlu, Emin; Valko, Orsolya; Vasheniak, Iuliia; Vassilev, Kiril; Vynokurov, Denys; White, Hannah J.; Willner, Wolfgang; Winkler, Manuela; Wolfrum, Sebastian; Zhang, Jinghui; Biurrun, Idoia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-22)
      Questions Which environmental factors influence fine-grain beta diversity of vegetation and do they vary among taxonomic groups? Location Palaearctic biogeographic realm. Methods We extracted 4,654 nested-plot series with ...
    • First Apocarotenoids Profiling of Four Microalgae Strains 

      Zoccali, Mariosimone; Giuffrida, Daniele; Salafia, Fabio; Socaciu, Carmen; Skjånes, Kari; Dugo, Paola; Mondello, Luigi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-06)
      Both enzymatic or oxidative carotenoids cleavages can often occur in nature and produce a wide range of bioactive apocarotenoids. Considering that no detailed information is available in the literature regarding the ...
    • First Report of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Causing Bacterial Blister Bark on Apple in Norway 

      Perminow, Juliana; Børve, Jorunn; Brurberg, May Bente; Stensvand, Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08)
    • Five Ways of Characterizing Agricultural Land Use Dynamics and Abandonment from Subsidy Data 

      Dramstad, Wenche; Sang, Neil; Mathiesen, Henrik Forsberg; Bryn, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10-26)
      Abandonment of agricultural land is a process described from different regions of many industrialized countries. Given the current focus on land use, land use change and food security, it appears highly relevant to develop ...
    • Flashing light emitting diodes (LEDs) induce proteins, polyunsaturated fatty acids and pigments in three microalgae 

      Lima, Serena; Schulze, Peter Simon Claus; Schüler, Lisa M.; Rautenberger, Ralf; Morales-Sanchez, Daniela; Santos, Tamára F.; Pereira, Hugo; Varela, João C.S.; Scargiali, Francesca; Wijffels, Rene Hubertus; Kiron, Viswanath (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11-25)
      As the periodic emission of light pulses by light emitting diodes (LEDs) is known to stimulate growth or induce high value biocompounds in microalgae, this flashing light regime was tested on growth and biochemical composition ...
    • Floral initiation in gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa L.) and its control by daylength and temperature 

      Sønsteby, Anita; Rivero, Rodmar Isak; Woznicki, Tomasz; Heide, Ola M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-27)
      The morphogenetic changes of the bud meristem during floral initiation in gooseberry were examined by scanning electron microscopy. Six floral stages, similar to those reported for black currants, were identified. We also ...
    • Flowering Phenology of Six Seasonal-Flowering Strawberry Cultivars in a Coordinated European Study 

      Krüger, Erika; Woznicki, Tomasz; Heide, Ola M.; Kusnierek, Krzysztof; Rivero, Rodmar Isak; Masny, Agnieszka; Sowik, Iwona; Brauksiepe, Bastienne; Eimert, Klaus; Mott, Daniela; Savini, Gianluca; Demene, Marino; Guy, Karine; Petit, Aurelie; Denoyes, Béatrice; Sønsteby, Anita (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-11)
      The flowering phenology of six genetically distant strawberry cultivars (‘Candonga®’ (ES), ‘Clery’ (IT), ‘Florence’ (UK), ‘Frida’ (NO), ‘Gariguette’ (FR), and ‘Sonata’ (NL)) was studied for 3 years in relation to climatic ...